Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the answer to country’s sustainable transformation lies in its education system, as he underscored how India was once prosperous in the past due to universities like Nalanda, Takshila and Vikramshila. “I always say India had 25 per cent of the world GDP and ... Read More »

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar held a closed-door meeting Wednesday with senior functionaries of the RSS and representatives of several affiliated outfits on the new national education policy, making this his first formal interaction with the Sangh since he took charge of his new portfolio this month. According to sources, Javadekar ... Read More »

New Delhi: On Wednesday, newly-appointed human resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar had a close door meeting with the BJP’s ideological fount, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and some of its affiliate organisations, to seek their suggestions on the draft national education policy (NEP). According to sources in the HRD ministry, the six-hour meeting was ... Read More »

Raising the quality of education in the country will be the “top priority” of Prakash Javadekar who today took over as the HRD Minister. 65-year-old Javadekar, who was the Environment Minister, was elevated to the Cabinet rank in Tuesday’s rejig of the Council of Ministers. He replaced Smriti Irani, who ... Read More »